Tharlo
{{Infobox film
| name = Tharlo
| image = Tharlo poster.jpg
| director = Pema Tseden
| producer = Wu Leilei
Wang Xuebo
Zhang Xianminhttp://www.atlanticfilm.com/event/a3786bfc4d7392a47d9da3202abad00d {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}
| story =
| writer = Pema Tseden
| starring = Shide Nyima
| cinematography = Lu Songye
| music = Wang Jue
| editing = Song Bing
| distributor = Beijing Herui Film
| production_companies = Heaven Pictures (Beijing) Culture & Media Co., Ltd.
Beijing YiHe Star Film Production Ltd.
Beijing Ocean & Time Culture Communication Co, Ltd
| country = China
| language = Tibetan
| released = {{Film date|2015|9|5|Venice{{cite web |url= https://movie.douban.com/subject/26586806/|title= 塔洛 (2015)|accessdate= December 16, 2016|work= movie.douban.com|publisher= douban.com|language= Chinese}}|2016|12|9|China}}
| runtime = 123 minutes
}}
Tharlo ({{lang-zh|塔洛}}) is a 2015 Chinese Tibetan-language comedy-drama film written and directed by Pema Tseden.{{cite news|last1=Wendy Ide|title='Tharlo': Review|url=http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/tharlo-review/5094966.article|accessdate=28 April 2016|work=Screen International|date=October 2, 2015}} It premiered in the Horizons section at the 72nd edition of the Venice Film Festival.{{cite news|last1=Patrick Frater |title=Venice Festival: Asian Shadows Picks up Tibetan 'Tharlo'|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/asia/venice-festival-asian-shadows-picks-up-tibetan-tharlo-1201583595/|accessdate=27 April 2016|work=Variety|date=September 2, 2015 }} It was released in China on December 9, 2016, and on DVD by Icarus Films on February 14, 2017.{{cite web |url= http://www.cbooo.cn/m/629073|title= 塔洛（2016）|accessdate= December 16, 2016|work= cbooo.cn|language= Chinese}}
Plot
Sheep herder Tharlo (Shide Nyima), commonly known as "Ponytail" for his trademark hairstyle, goes to town to get an ID card photo as ordered by police chief Dorje (Tashi). Having lived all his life alone in the mountains, he is shocked to meet a modern young hairdresser Yangtso (Yang Shik Tso), who not only sports short hair but smokes. Yangtso flirts and even suggests travelling with him. He gets drunk at a karaoke bar and ends up spending the night at her home.
Tharlo returns to the mountains but not for long. One day, he gets drunk again and a number of the sheep he tends are killed by wolves, which angers the sheep owner, who scolds and slaps him repeatedly. Soon, Tharlo returns to town with a large stack of cash from selling the sheep, places the money in front of Yangtso, and tells her to keep it. She asks to shave his head so that he won't be recognized and he agrees. But his desire for a new life with her is dashed when he wakes up the next morning to find her missing.
After failing to find her, Tharlo calls on chief Dorje at the police station. However, before he can reveal the purpose of his visit, the chief orders him to go to town again and get another ID card photo because the bald Tharlo looks different from his new ID card photo. Speechless, Tharlo walks out of the police station and heads back into the mountains. After his motorbike runs out of gas, he begins drinking again, then lights a firecracker in his hand. Just before it explodes, the screen goes black.{{cite web|last1=Scheck|first1=Frank|title='Tharlo': Film Review|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/tharlo-review-935029|website=The Hollywood Reporter|accessdate=26 September 2017|date=4 October 2016}}{{cite web|last1=Huang|first1=Tony|title="I Want the Audience to Look According to Their Own Free Will": Pema Tseden on Tharlo|url=http://filmmakermagazine.com/100098-i-want-the-audience-to-look-according-to-their-own-free-will-pema-tseden-on-tharlo/#.WcclRWw0PfB|website=filmmakermagazine.com|accessdate=26 September 2017|date=4 October 2016}}{{cite web|title=Tharlo|url=http://icarusfilms.com/df-thar|website=icarusfilms.com|accessdate=26 September 2017|date=7 September 2017}}{{cite web|last1=Semerene|first1=Diego|title=Tharlo|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/tharlo|website=Slant Magazine|accessdate=26 September 2017|date=27 September 2016}}{{cite web|title=塔洛 Tharlo Tibetan movie (with Chinese subtitle)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY2weGEZfNs|website=YouTube|accessdate=26 September 2017|date=6 February 2017}}
== Cast ==
- Shide Nyima as Tharlo
- Yang Shik Tso as Yangtso
- Tashi as Police chief Dorje
- Jinpa as Sheep owner
- Dekyi Tserang as singer (Special appearance)
Reception
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== References ==
== External links ==
- {{IMDb title|4923042}}
Category:2015 comedy-drama films
Category:Chinese comedy-drama films
Category:Films directed by Pema Tseden
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